I just bought a Fujitsu Esprimo 5905 from Morgan Computers to run Slacko 5.3.3 on. It has a Broadcom 5751 Ethernet driver for Windows on it but I need the Linux driver; I tried to link to the following site but the link was down ---- http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3553. Is there a slickpet with this LAN driver on it? Otherwise can someone tell me where to find it. Thanks.

I got the link from the following website in this forum http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=3553: go to Page 2, end of first line of first entry. This is not an explicit link but a simple text entry. This is the same address as the link you suggested, but it does not help. Still looking at other replies.

Thanks to rcrsn51 in Canada. A very useful reply; sorry it's getting late here in the UK so I'll leave the results of running ispci and ifconfig till tomorrow. I get a bit slowed down as I have to communicate with my existing machine then change cables over to the #Esprimo to do some testing then go back to communicate with the rest of the world. Anyway I noted that you are using the tg3 module in conjunction with a Broadcom5751, which is what I have. I used the Network Setup/load module to load the tg3 module which was successful as was the test for interface. This showed 'Interface' eth0: 'Type' internet: 'module' tg3: 'Device info' pci Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751 Ethernet pci Express. Went to internet connection wizard, selected 'detailed network info', eth0 a few lines of info ending in interrupt 17 - I don't know what this means. Went to Barry's simple network setup selected eth0 but it failed to connect. Question why? I have a copy of the DHCP log which I'll send tomorrow. Ran out of time to do any more tonight. Thanks to tempestuous in Australia. Hope the results so far are useful. Good night!

Here is the problem with diagnosing your situation. It appears that Slacko is auto-installing the correct driver. Then it should automatically get you an IP address. So there should be no need for you to run the Network Wizard.

1. Does this machine have Windows on it? Does it have a working network connection?

2. Look at the back of the machine where the Ethernet cable plugs in. Are there any LED lights? Are they blinking?

3. Are you connecting through a router? Is it refusing to give the new machine an IP address?

Thanks pemasu for the download link to several BCM chips you listed. Also I found it had a useful manual and details of a DOS based diagnostic system for the chips.

Thanks rcrsn51; lspci -k. There is a single line describing the BCM5751 driver as I reported before. There is nothing else on that line, the next line reads: "Subsystem. Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device 1096" There was no mention at about the Kernel driver.

The Fujitsu machine came with XP installed. I played with it for a while to make sure there was nothing wrong before wiping enough space on the HD to form a new ext3 partition and switching to Puppy. I found no trouble with internet access from Windows.

I looked at the connector panel at the back of the machine; the LAN socket has two LEDs, a green one and a yellow one but they did not blink.

I note your remarks about diagnosing my situation; it looks as if I'll need to try something else as well as googling for more info

As far as my meage knowledge goes I am not connected through a router; I get my broadband from my telephone line by means of a splitter box which connects to a (modem?)-box, the output from which is the LAN connection to my machine.

NETTKNUT, what you have for Internet is called DSL -- Digital Subscriber Line. The box that connects to your telephone line is a DSL Modem. You probably have special filters on all telephone jacks in your house, with a special one for the jack that connects to your Modem.

If you don't have those filters, that will cause other problems down the line -- i.e. the DSL won't work.

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